Over the course of her unparalleled career, Madonna has released several music videos that stuck in the public consciousness. But none have caused quite a stir as this one for the title track off her fourth studio album. Released in 1989, the video sees the pop star witness the murder of a white woman at the hands of a white man and turning to the church for safety when a Black man is wrongfully arrested for the crime. With the images of Ku Klux Klan-style burning crosses, stigmata and Madonna kissing a Black priest (played by Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey's ex-husband Leon Robinson!), the video was condemned by the Vatican, protested by viewers, and eventually cost her a promo deal with Pepsi.
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